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Welcome to

"EFL TOPICS & BEYOND"

… languages are the pedigree of nations.
(Samuel Johnson)
To know another's language and not its culture is a very good way to
make a fluent fool of one's self.
(Winston Brembeck)
… studying language is limited if it ignores the cultural contexts in
which language is produced.
(Nancy Bonvillain)
Language is a vehicle for expressing cultural models.
(Nancy Bonvillain)
Cultural models are expressed in several ways, but language is key to
their transmission.
(Nancy Bonvillain)

I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely
as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
(Mahatma Gandhi)
Culture: a shared background (for example, national, ethnic,
religious) resulting from a common language and communication
style, customs, beliefs, attitudes, and values.
(Deena R. Levine, Mara B. Adelman)

…culture is defined loosely as the values, traditions and social
practices of a particular group…
(Gillian Lazar)

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